New Found Glory guitarists Steve Klein, left, and Chad Gilbert perform during the Pop Punk's Not Dead tour at the Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas in 2011. FILE PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

The guitarist, right, at a 2011 performance at the Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas. Photo: Getty Images

Chad Gilbert, lead guitarist for Florida pop-punk band New Found Glory, suffered an electric shock in the wee hours Thursday during a set at the all-ages club Chain Reaction in Anaheim, where the group had been recording a live album.

The 32-year-old musician explained in an online statement that he "grabbed the mic to speak and when I did it felt like I couldn't let go. I was being shocked and it froze me in place and when I was able to release my hands off the mic I collapsed."

Gilbert, who is also Paramore singer Hayley Williams' paramour, reports that he was taken to an emergency room and "after getting numerous tests off and on for about 12 hours from the friendly people at UC Irvine I was released."

He went on to play a second show later Thursday night, albeit "with a wireless to settle my paranoia of this happening again."

Andy Serrao, booking agent for Chain Reaction, confirms that "Chad was hospitalized and is doing fine. He played a full set last night." He added: "I'm just glad Chad is OK as he and NFG are some of our favorite people on the planet."

Gilbert's complete statement:

"While recording the NFG live album at the chain reaction last night I was shocked by the microphone. In between songs I grabbed the mic to speak and when I did it felt like I couldn’t let go. I was being shocked and it froze me in place and when I was able to release my hands off of the mic I collapsed. When I came to I had friends standing over me and it felt like I was asleep in one of those Sci Fi movies when they wake up after traveling for 3 years to fight an alien.

"My friends escorted me off the stage. I told the band to finish the set for the sake of the audio recording. At that point I still was in a daze. The ambulance came and picked me up and drove me to the nearest Emergency Room. After getting numerous tests off and on for about 12 hours from the friendly people at UC Irvine I was released. They checked my heart for most of that time to make sure the electrical current didn’t make my heart beat irregularly. Everything came back positive.

"I am gonna play the show tonight but this time with a wireless to settle my paranoia of this happening again because man it hurt and sucked."

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